[48077] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cisco quality
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Healey)
Wed May 22 12:37:13 2002
From: Rob Healey <rhealey@onvoy.com>
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"from Ralph Doncaster at May 22, 2002 01:08:08 am"
To: Ralph Doncaster <ralph@istop.com>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 11:36:25 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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> For those saying Cisco is so great, it's still fucked up pretty bad. IOS
> 12.1 and later doesn't allow an MTU > 1460 on L2TP, while 12.0.7(T) works
> fine with a 1492 MTU that my PPPoE customers expect. Every rev I've tried
> from 12.0 and up has problems with CEF when using ISL VLAN sub-interfaces,
> and without CEF, mac-accounting is screwed up.
>
If C brand worked properly as shipped how would Cisco support
services and other consultancys survive?
It's a MUCH bigger market in consulting services and Rent-a-Expert than
the initial hardware/firmware sales.
If Cisco shipped mostly working product then thousands of high paying
jobs would be lost and probably a billion or more support dollars would
never make the rounds in the economy.
Microsoft and Cisco do the tech industry a HUGE favor by shipping
misfunctional equipment/software to which consulting services and
professional services can then step in and hawk their
wares/bodys/solutions.
If Cisco and Microsoft shipped properly working product the tech
industry/economy would probably disintegrate!
Once you understand the above, the technical industry starts to make a
little more sense; its consulting and professional support services that
drive the economy and not properly functioning gear!
-Rob
